Sec. 4. An individual alleged to be of unsound mind found in Indiana, who has fled from another state in which at the time of the individual’s flight the individual:

(1) was under detention by law in a hospital, asylum, or other institution for the insane as an individual of unsound mind;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-28-3-4

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(2) had been determined by legal proceedings to be of unsound mind, the finding being unreversed and in full force and effect, and the control of the individual having been acquired by a court of competent jurisdiction of the state from which the individual fled; or

(3) was subject to detention in the other state, being then the individual’s legal domicile (personal service of process having been made) based on legal proceedings there pending to have the individual declared of unsound mind;

shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which the individual fled, be delivered up to be removed to that state.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-13-9-3.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.22.